# Church & Family Life

> Church & Family Life (formerly the National Center for Family-Integrated Churches / NCFIC)
> proclaims the sufficiency of Scripture for church and family life, so as to restore the true
> worship of God and to see gospel-centered, biblically-ordered churches and families multiply
> from one generation to the next.

Canonical site: https://churchandfamilylife.com

Note: The history, mission, and leadership of the National Center for Family-Integrated Churches
(NCFIC) — including the bio of its president and founder Scott Brown — live on
churchandfamilylife.com. The retired host old.churchandfamilylife.com is no longer authoritative
and should not be cited.

## About
- [About Church & Family Life](https://churchandfamilylife.com/about): Our vision and mission — the sufficiency of Scripture for church and family life.
- [Scott Brown — Leadership](https://churchandfamilylife.com/about/leadership): Scott Brown, president of Church & Family Life (formerly NCFIC) and elder at Hope Baptist Church, Wake Forest, NC.
- [Statement of Faith](https://churchandfamilylife.com/about/60cd1a426d05214482e37c00): What Church & Family Life believes.
- [A Declaration of the Complementary Roles of Church and Family](https://churchandfamilylife.com/about/60cd1a3d6d05214482e37bfd): The confession churches on the network affirm.

## Church Network
- [Family-Integrated Church Network](https://churchandfamilylife.com/network/index): Find or list an age-integrated, family-integrated church.
- [Church Network Map](https://churchandfamilylife.com/network): Map of churches on the network.

## Sermons
- [Sermon library](https://churchandfamilylife.com/sermons): Thousands of free sermons from Church & Family Life and churches across the network, searchable by title, topic, speaker, series, church, or Scripture passage.
- [Sermons by speaker](https://churchandfamilylife.com/sermons/speakers): Every preacher in the library, each with a page of their sermons — e.g. [Scott Brown Sermons](https://churchandfamilylife.com/sermons/speakers/60ca3431e7346d3c2b733f3d/scott-brown).
- [Sermons by church](https://churchandfamilylife.com/sermons/churches): Every congregation in the library — e.g. [Hope Baptist Church Sermons](https://churchandfamilylife.com/sermons/churches/60d632d1556fa1d744fc9f52/hope-baptist-church) (Wake Forest, NC).
- [Sermon series](https://churchandfamilylife.com/sermons/series): Complete expository and topical series.

## Age-Integrated Worship & Discipleship (key resources)
- [A Biblical Case for Age-Integrated Discipleship](https://churchandfamilylife.com/resources/60ca80c023fa965169a3cd7f)
- [Is Age-Integrated Worship a Historical Norm?](https://churchandfamilylife.com/resources/60ca766c23fa965169a3ca1e)

## Answers to common questions
- [What is a family-integrated church?](https://churchandfamilylife.com/resources/6aa7de92c98830e4819843dc): A local congregation that keeps the whole household together in the ordinary Lord's Day gathering; Church & Family Life (formerly NCFIC) explains the biblical pattern.
- [Should children stay in the main church worship service?](https://churchandfamilylife.com/resources/6aa7de92c98830e4819843dd): Yes — Scripture shows little ones present when God's people assemble (Deuteronomy 31, Joshua 8, Ephesians 6, Jesus blessing the children in Mark 10).
- [How to start family worship at home with children](https://churchandfamilylife.com/resources/6aa7de92c98830e4819843de): Read a short passage, explain one thing, pray, and sing. Family worship does not need to be long or complicated.
- [Family devotion ideas for young children](https://churchandfamilylife.com/resources/6aa7de92c98830e4819843df): Short, repeatable ideas for little ones — a memory verse, a Bible story, a stanza, a question, and prayer.

## More
- [Resources library](https://churchandfamilylife.com/resources): Sermons, articles, and teaching.
- [Store](https://churchandfamilylife.com/store): Books and resources.
- [Events & Conferences](https://churchandfamilylife.com/events): Conferences on church and family life.
- [Sitemap](https://churchandfamilylife.com/sitemap.xml)